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The Sophia man who was charged for murder after throwing his 18-month-old niece through a window then buried her in a backyard has been sentenced to life in prison. The life sentence was handed down even after 22-year-old Sherwin Roberts, pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter and told the Court that he was […]
Two of the three men who were charged in connection with the murder of two elderly women in their South Road, Georgetown home have pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter. The two men, Imran Khan and Stephen Andrews appeared before Justice Sandel Kissoon and admitted to killing 89-year-old Constance Fraser and 77-year-old Phyllis […]
Police investigators are probing the gunning down of a young man in Linden on Saturday night. The man’s girlfriend was injured in the attack. Dead is Ian Williams aka OJ, while his girlfriend Onika Benjamain remains hospitalised with gunshot injuries. Williams was driving his car through Amelia’s ward with his girlfriend at his side, when […]
A disagreement over cigarettes turned into a full out brawl in Alberttown last evening, claiming the lives of the two men who were involved in the brawl. The two men, Jermain Adrian Jeffrey and a vendor known only as “rastaman” got into a confrontation at around 9:30 on Friday night when Jeffrey turned up at […]
A 42-year-old businesswoman who was allegedly caught with a quantity of cocaine was today charged for cocaine trafficking and remanded to jail. It is alleged, that the woman, Samantha Hubbard was nabbed with just over five ounces of cocaine in her handbag on Wednesday. She was in the Charlotte Street area at the time. The […]
A young officer of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit who attempted to extort money from an outgoing passenger will be fired, according to senior sources at the drug enforcement agency. The man was questioned after an outgoing passenger claimed that he attempted to extort money from her by claiming that marijuana had been found in […]
A 35-year-old Waramadong miner was today remanded to prison today after he was charged with the murder of his brother-in-law. The accused, Anthony Edwards, was not required to enter a plea to the indictable murder charge. He appeared before the Chief Magistrate and the charge was read to him. The Prosecutor told the Court that […]
The remains of two persons were found this morning as Fire investigators and the Police went through the debris of an early morning fire that gutted a Chinese supermarket and several other businesses at New Road, Vreed-en-hoop. The identities of the two persons who perished in the fire have not been ascertained, but they are […]
Convicted Guyanese drug kingpin, Shaheed Roger Khan walked off of an American Airlines flight and onto local soil late on Friday night, more than 13 years since he was last here. He was handed over to local law enforcement agents by US agents at the Cheddi Jagan Airport and quickly whisked off to the Criminal […]
The Guyana National Road Safety Council has joined hands with the Kronoco Safety Solution company and ExxonMobil in a joint campaign to promote safer use of the country’s roads. Speaking at the launching of the initiative this morning, the CEO of Kronoco Solution Latoya Jack said the organisation was moved by the tragic death of […]
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